Elder and Guardianship Mediation

Moving From Elder Abuse to Elder Rights
Les Mauvais Traitements Envers les Aines et
la Justices pour les Aines
Elder Rights as a Social Movement
The Point
Le Point
This Morning…
Ce Matin…
 1. Social Movement of Elder Rights
Mouvements Sociaux des “Droits des
Aines”
 2. Issi and Alex – the context
“le context”
 3. What is all Means/ Discussion
Ca Va Dire Quoi? / Discussion
Social Movement
Mouvement Social
 Expansion
 Attenuation
 Repetition
Fluid Growth
Croissance Fluide
Women’s Rights
Droits des
Femmes
30 Years Ago…
Disability Rights
Droits Lies a
L’incapacite
20 years ago…
Green / Eco
Vert / Eco
10 years ago…
Our Path
La Route a Suivre
 1927 then 1952 Old Age Security
Pension de Viellesse
 1960s US Legislation – Great Society
Grande Société
 1970s Grassroots Local Development
Les Racines du Développement Local
 1980s Literature, Leaders, Organizations
La Literature, Les Leaders, Les Organismes
 1990s Broad Network Development (INPEA etc), New Adult
Guardianship / Protection Laws
Les Développements a Grande Escelle des Reseaux, Curateur
pours les adultes
 2000s Research, Inter-disciplinary Networks, Consciousness Raising
La Recherche, L’interdisciplinarite, La Conscienitsation
Areas of Growth
La Progression
Legislation / Législation
Case law / Jurisprudence
Civil and Criminal
Civile et Criminelle
Policies / Les Politiques
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Important Considerations for Expansion
Les Considerants Importants
Contexte / Context
Capacité /
Capacity
Culture
Contenu / Continuity
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Appropriate Intervention
Intervention Appropriée
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l’aide.
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3. What it all Means?
Ca va dire Quoi?
 Working Together
Travailler Ensemble
 Many Contributions, Many Talents
Nombreuses Contributations, Plusieurs Talents
 Respecting our Past, Celebrating our Current,
Visioning our Future
Respecter notre passe, Celebrer notre present,
Imaginer notre avenir.
Big Tent
Le Grand Chapiteau
The Answer
La Reponse
Laura Watts
 Canadian Centre for Elder Law
1822 East Mall, UBC
Faculty of Law, Annex 1
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
www.bcli.org/ccel
[email protected]
 604-822-0142 - Vancouver
647-969-6793 - Toronto
2. Alex and Issi – Setting the Context
Le Context
3. Discussion
“I can’t put it into
layman’s language for
you. I don’t know any
layman’s language”
“Je ne peux pas dire dans
la language de M. Tout le
Monde. Je ne connais
pas ce language la!”